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"You've played baseball?" I ask.

"No."

"Football?"

"No."

"Martial arts?"

"No."

I nod slowly.

"Interesting."

"What is?" Carys asks.

"His reaction time is unusually fast."

"How fast?"

I choose my words carefully.

"Faster than it should be."

Sayer looks uneasy.

"Is that bad?"

"No."

I answer honestly.

"It's unusual."

He hands me the pencil.

"I've always been like that."

His words catch my attention.

"My parents used to joke that I caught things before they fell."

He shrugs.

"I thought everyone did."

"No."

He looks genuinely surprised.

"They don't?"

"No."

He glances down at his hands.

"I never noticed."